Shoe for brake-beam supports



April 2l, 1925. 1,534,580

w. E. FOWLER. JR

SHOE FOR BRAKE BEAM SUPPORTS Filed May 15. '1924 FIGA. n

Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFics.

WILLIAM E. FOWLER, JR., OF'MOUNT LEBANON, PENNSYLVANLX, ASSIGNOR TO DAVIS BRAKE BEAH COMPANY. 0F JOHNSTOVVN, EENNSYLVNIJI, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE FOR. BRAKE-BEAM SUPPORTS.

Application filed May 15,

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Be it known that I, IVniLimr E. Fowmin, Jr., residing); at Mount Lebanon, in the connly ot iillepgheny and State ot Pennsylvania, a citizen oi' the United States, have invented or discovered Certain new and useful Improven'ients in Shoes for Brake-Beam Supports, ot which improvements the following' is specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in what is linovvn as three-points supports from the brake beams ot ifonr Wheeled trucks and especially to that type of support consisting oi' shoe, or as it is sometimes termed, acarrier, con nected to the strut and movable along inclined end portions ot a supporting` rail so secured to the springy plank of the truck that the upwardly inclined end portions of the rail Will-be in line vertically with the strut oi? the bra-ke beam. The improvemei'it is hereinafter `more fully described vand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming va part of this specification, Fig'. l is a top plan view of a portion of the spring plank, a truss brake beam and a supportingy means 'tor the latter, embodying the improvement claimed herein; Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show the improved shoe in plan, `front, and side elevations on an enlarged scale; Fig. is a side elevation showing the position of the form of shoe shown in Fig. 2 to 4: relative to the supporting rail and tension member; and Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5 and illustrating a modification of the shoe.

In the practice ot the invention the improvement consists ot' a body portion l having a slot 2 for the reception of the supporting rail. On this base or body portion are termed open-topped seats or saddles 3 'tor the reception ot the tension member 4 of they brake beam. These saddles are spaced a distance apart at least equal to the width of the strut 5 in line with the tension member so that the'saddles will form seats for the reception of the tension member on opposite sides of the strut. These saddles Which consist of spaced fingers 6, are op directly under the tension member.

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positely inclined at angles correspondingy to the rangles oi" the tension member to the strut.

The shoe may be so constructed tl'iat the :fingers will be at right angles to the rail when the shoe is placed thereon,`v as shown in Figs. l to 5, or it may be constructed as shown in Fig. 6 so that when the tension member rests in the saddle the shoe 'wiil be The length oi the lingers, or depth, rin the form shown in Fig. (i, need not be materially greater than the diameter or thickness ot the tension member, but When the shoe .is

constructed as shown in Figs. Q to 5, the lingers should be made longer so as to ensure the engagement of the inner linger ory those lying' inside ot the tension membery With the latter.

It is characteristic of the improvement de-` scribed and claimed herein that the improvement can be used in connection with practically any construction oi truss brake beam and that as the saddles engage only the tension member, reconstruction of the strut is not necessary. And further, in case ot repairs either the brake beam or supportingmembers can be removed and replaced Without interference one With the other, the seats or saddles beingopen topped. rEhe Weight of the brake beam maintains the operative relation between the tension member and the shoe. y

I claim herein as my invention:

l. A shoe `tor brake beam supports consisting of a base or body portion slotted tor the reception 'ot a supporting;` rail and provided With spacedropen-topped seats for the reception of the tension,v member of the brake beam. n

2. A shoe for brake beam supports consisting of a base or body portion slotted for the reception of a siiipporting rail and provided With spaced and oppositelyk inclined seats for engagement with the tension membei| ot a brake beam on opposite sides or' the strut.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. f

WILLIAM E. FOIVLERJR. 

